Marseille will have to wait until the last day of the group stage to hope to climb into the round of 16 against Tottenham. Barcelona said goodbye to the C1.
Marseille lost in Frankfurt on Wednesday October 26 (2-1) and fell to fourth place in Group D, parallel to the 1-1 between Tottenham and Sporting. If the Phocaeans dominated the debates after half-time, they could not redeem themselves for their defensive mistakes during the first 45 minutes. Qualification for the round of 16 will be played on November 1 against Spurs.
Liverpool did not tremble against Ajax Amsterdam and qualified for the round of 16. Jurgen Klopp’s players provided the essentials against Ajax who hit the post early in the game before sinking. Mohamed Salah scored his 6th goal in C1.
Barcelona say goodbye to the C1, Inter Milan happy
Inter Milan won their qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League by dominating the Czechs of Viktoria Plzen (4-0) and sealed the elimination of FC Barcelona, who will have to settle for the Europa League in the spring.
Barça are eliminated from the group stage for the second time in a row. An inglorious outing, the second in a row for coach Xavi. This Wednesday evening, the Catalans lost at home to Bayern Munich (2-0) where two African scorers distinguished themselves (Senegalese Sadio Mané and Cameroonian Éric-Maxim Choupo-Moting).
Only four more places for the eighth
The qualification, far from being written in advance for Milan in this raised chicken, was accompanied by good news with the winning return of Romelu Lukaku. Entering at the very end of the match, “Big Rom” signed Milan’s fourth goal, applauded for his first appearance since his thigh injury at the end of August, four weeks before Belgium’s first match at the 2022 World Cup.
After a completely crazy end to the match, Atlético Madrid could not do better than a draw against Bayer Leverkusen (2-2) at home, a draw synonymous with elimination from the Champions League for the Colchoneros . Before the meeting, Bayer Leverkusen was already eliminated from the race for the 8th of the C1, since a little earlier, Porto had gone to correct Bruges (4-0), surprising leader of this group and qualified for the 8th on the evening of Matchday 4 of the group stage.
After qualifying on Tuesday from Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica Lisbon, Dortmund and Chelsea, there are only four places left for the European top 16: Tottenham, AC Milan, Sporting Lisbon and Leipzig are best placed to get them on the last day, next week.